The match between Islamabad United and the Quetta Gladiators will go ahead as per schedule today, confirmed PCB’s Media Director Sami Burni on Tuesday.
“We conducted 244 PCR tests, in addition to the rapid tests conducted,” he said. “Of the 244 tests, three have come back positive. Two foreign players and one support staff have tested positive,” he added.
Burni said that all three players had been isolated from the rest, adding that they were being quarantined at a different floor on the hotel. The PCB media director shared that Fawad Ahmed, who tested positive for the virus a day earlier, will undergo “a repeat test” today
He said that all other people who are in the bio-secure bubble will be retested for the virus on Thursday. “At the moment, more than 300 people are in the bubble,” he said. “These include players, officials, support staff, franchise owners and security officials,” he added, disclosing that rapid tests of the broadcast crew and the staff of the National Stadium had been conducted.
Burni said that the PCB will hold a virtual meeting at 3pm with franchise owners and management teams to take them into confidence, give them reassurances and remind them to ensure SOPs are not violated.
He said that the organising committee of the PSL has told all players to “excercise caution” at the moment. “We have not told players to go into quarantine or self-isolation,” he said.
Burni said that Fawad Ahmed and the three others who tested positive for the virus today will be quarantined for 10 days.
